Shooting Rampages: Domestic Violence Leaves Home
We hear about the shooting rampages. People say “he snapped.” But, in each case, the violence started at home before it blew up in the headlines. How many more stories […]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Maya Angelou: Phenomenal Woman
I’m a woman phenomenally./Phenomenal woman, that’s me.
Happy Place: Whatcom Falls
I’m celebrating Gloria Steinem’s 75th birthday by doing an outrageous act. . .shamelessly promoting the launch of the new web site (WhalesandSails.com) of my friend Carole May, a New York […]
Victim or Victorious?
This web site is for people who are on the path to victory. Victory is a choice. Victory is an attitude.
Rihanna: Should You Stay? Should You Leave?
Cobras and Pit Bulls “Why don’t you just leave?” It sounds so simple. Pack up your bags and go. My bags were packed. I was ready to go. He found […]
Respect Is Love
Respect is love. If someone doesn’t treat you with dignity and respect, walk away. Their behavior has absolutely nothing to do with your worth as a person. It has everything to do with the values instilled in them by their parents. They’re looking for love just like you are. They just haven’t learned yet what real love looks like because nobody taught them properly.
Eve Ensler: Until the Violence Stops
Eve Ensler tells the story of how her father physically, sexually, and emotionally abused her and how these experiences shaped her world view in Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security Obsessed World. The central premise of her book is that striving for security does not, in fact, protect us. We must rescue ourselves. Peace will come from securing basic human rights and from making our end goals compassion and honoring all people.
The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
Marilyn Stanton, my guardian angel at the Watseka, IL Public Library, recommended this book to me. It is one of my favorites. I hope y’all will read it and decide to make lots of quilts for Shalom Bayit’s clients. “Persian pickle” is an old-fashioned term for paisley scraps used in making quilts, and the Persian Pickle Club is the name of the quilting bee at the heart of the story.
Artist’s Date: Flower & Garden Show
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self by Julia Cameron is a fabulous book and a 12-week fantastic experience. I’ve done the course twice. At the end of my first course, the other participants created a protection circle for me. It was a life-altering experience to be in the middle of the circle surrounded by the strength of unconditional love and powerful prayers.
Anne Caroline Drake 